Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Troy Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 196	# 217
VBR	# 320	# 724

Projections

Runs	18	14
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	18	10
Stolen Bases	4	5
Batting Average	.264	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 152	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 215	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 155	# 207

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 187	# 122

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	283	88

Runs	33	14

Hits	84	29

Singles	57	26

Doubles	24	1

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	40	11

Stolen Bases	4	6

Caught Stealing	5	1

Walks	29	12

Strikeouts	55	30

Batting Average	.297	.330

On Base Pct	.368	.410

Slugging Pct	.413	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.781	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	146	99

Runs	18	14

Hits	38	24

Singles	26	17

Doubles	8	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	18	10

Stolen Bases	4	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	12	9

Strikeouts	31	27

Batting Average	.264	.243

On Base Pct	.328	.307

Slugging Pct	.397	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.668

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 9-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th	Samad Taylor went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Padres 6-2 win over the Reds on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th	The Padres selected the contract of Samad Taylor from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Samad Taylor for Troy Johnston (2026)

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